My Dad is My Mom's Mortal Enemy

Chapter 45: 045

Chapter 45

After Cheng LiQi finished speaking, she crooked her finger at her mother and looked at her mother, "Mom, am I right?"

Cheng Jinlan stroked her hair gently and smiled at her, "Little LiQi is very right."

Seeing her mother smile, Cheng LiQi's originally serious big eyes also curved into a smile.

Shao Yunzheng stared fiercely at Cheng LiQi, his sunken eye sockets bursting with anger. But if you look closely, you can see that in those filthy eyeballs there is still a trace of fear. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and all the words were stuck in his throat without saying anything.

Cheng Jinlan leaned sideways to protect Cheng LiQi behind her back, and said to the people outside the door, "Shao ChengZe went to the supermarket downstairs and will be back soon. The owner is not at home, so I won't invite you in. You can wait for him outside, or call him."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Jinlan closed the door.

Cheng LiQi poked her head out from behind her mother's back, "Mom, who was that old man?"

Cheng Jinlan held her back to the living room and put her on the sofa, "An irrelevant person." She looked at her arm, "Does your arm still hurt?"

Cheng LiQi shook her head, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

Usually injections would also hurt, but she didn't know why today she would feel particularly painful. Maybe it was because her mother was here, and her father was here too. She wanted to cling to her parents and act coquettishly for a while longer.

"Mom, where's Dad?" Cheng LiQi looked around the house with her eyes.

"He went to the supermarket because you wanted to eat pizza."

"Oh~~ Mom, is this Dad's house?"

"Well."

"Dad's not here, can we visit his house?" She was very curious about her father's residence.

"You can visit, but don't mess with anything."

Cheng LiQi nodded happily. However, looking at her bare little feet, she wrinkled her nose, "Mom, can I visit barefoot?"

It was her first time at her dad's house, and her dad probably didn't have her slippers here. She actually preferred walking barefoot on the floor, but her mother didn't really like it.

"You sit down, and Mom will get you slippers."

When they entered the door earlier, he pointed out the slippers in the shoe cabinet, summer and winter models, arranged in two rows, one large and one small. Cheng Jinlan took out a pair of pink slippers from the small row.

Just as she was about to turn around, her eyes fell on the white slippers at the very bottom of the shoe cabinet, and her eyes stalled for a moment.

Seeing the slippers, Cheng LiQi's eyes lit up, "Wow, Dad prepared slippers for me, I like them so much."

Cheng Jinlan put on her slippers and Cheng LiQi got off the sofa. Holding her mother's hand, she visited from the living room to the study.

Cheng LiQi thought, Dad really likes black. The sofa is black, the floor is black, the bookshelf is black, and the desk is black. Coming out of the study, she entered the next room. Cheng LiQi's eyes widened. This was a pink room full of dolls, toys, and fairy tale books. There was even a pink piano in the corner.

Cheng LiQi turned to look at her mother, "Mom, is this the room Dad prepared for me?"

Cheng Jinlan stroked her rosy red cheeks with her fingers, "You can ask him when he comes back."

"When will Dad come back?"

Cheng Jinlan replied, "It should be a while."

Shao ChengZe received Shao Yunzheng's phone call and was rushing back from the supermarket. In fact, the property manager could also prepare these things, but he wanted to choose them himself. He regretted leaving the mother and daughter at home alone and going out. No one answered when he called back, so he wasn't sure if she would still be there when he returned.

Shao Yunzheng was waiting downstairs, his brows deeply furrowed, his hands tightly grasping his cane.

Very similar, not just the eyes, but also the expression when lecturing with a stern face, and the smiling appearance when eyes curved. He thought Shao ChengZe already looked very much alike, but Shao ChengZe only resembled her in superficial appearance, while the little girl resembled her in temperament. So many years had passed that he thought he had long forgotten what she looked like, but he hadn't forgotten, he just didn't dare to remember.

Shao ChengZe slammed the brakes and stopped to one side, got out of the car in large strides and stood in front of Shao Yunzheng, "Why did you come over?"

Shao Yunzheng snorted heavily through his nose, "What, I can't come over? If I don't come over again, are you going to get married and start a family?"

Shao ChengZe said, "Don't worry about that, it hasn't reached that step yet. I do want to get a license with her as soon as she agrees, unfortunately she doesn't agree."

Shao Yunzheng stared at him viciously, pronouncing each word, "I said, anyone is fine, but absolutely not anyone from the Cheng family."

Cheng LiQi was immersed in her cartoon, eyes glued to the screen without blinking. Cheng Jinlan carried her empty mug into the kitchen. Shao ChengZe looked up and took the mug from her hands, refilling it with hot water before placing it back in front of her.

"Do you remember this mug?"

They had bought this set of mugs, white for her and black for him, on a trip to the supermarket long ago.

Cheng Jinlan was silent for a while before answering, "You kept all this stuff?"

The slippers at the bottom shelf of the shoe cabinet, the vase on the table, and the mug she held in her hand right now.

"I put everything away before. I was going to have the cleaning service throw them out but kept forgetting to tell them, I guess subconsciously I wanted to keep some memories and couldn't bear to throw them away. I took everything back out when I was tidying up over the past couple days. I thought that if by some chance I could get you to come over someday, and you saw them, I might earn back some points."

Cheng Jinlan quirked her lips. "You're very honest."

Shao ChengZe looked at her earnestly. "The things that happened in the past taught me a painful lesson. I don't want there to be any more misunderstandings between us, so I can't hide any thoughts from you anymore."

Cheng Jinlan met his gaze directly without looking away.

"I'm sorry," Shao ChengZe said softly.

"Sorry for what?"

"No matter what he said, before or now, don't take it to heart."

Cheng Jinlan's eyes shifted. "Some words are hard not to take to heart, especially since I'm petty."

Shao ChengZe moved to meet her gaze. "Are you angry?"

Cheng Jinlan didn't reply.

Shao ChengZe took her hand. "Hit me or yell at me, let your anger out. Don't make yourself sick being mad."

The oven dinged crisply.

"Go check your pizza," Cheng Jinlan pulled her hand away, wanting to leave.

Shao ChengZe blocked her path, slipped on oven mitts, and took the pizza out. The delicious aroma wafted out along with it. He sliced the pizza and blew on a piece before lifting it to her lips. "Try it? It's not hot anymore."

She didn't open her mouth, so his hand didn't move.

Finally, Cheng Jinlan took a bite from his hand.

Shao ChengZe looked at her expectantly. "How is it?"

Cheng Jinlan answered, "So-so."

"Really?" Shao ChengZe bit into the spot she had just bitten. Looking at her, he said, "I think it's pretty good."

"It's not good at all."

Shao ChengZe accepted the criticism. "Then I'll keep working at it, and do even better next time."

"You have to, not just try to."

Shao ChengZe raised a brow.

Cheng Jinlan's lashes fluttered as she looked at him. "You want to marry into our family, little LiQi is easy to coax, but my parents are tough critics. Your cooking skills still have a long way to go."

Since the old master of their family already detested her so much, she didn't mind making him detest her more. Just like what Cheng JinChuan said, stealing their most outstanding grandson into the Cheng family would probably make him hopping mad.

Shao ChengZe was taken aback.

Just then, Cheng LiQi smelled the aroma and ran into the kitchen. "Mom, what does marrying into our family mean?"

Cheng Jinlan pushed him away, but Shao ChengZe grasped her wrist. His dark brows and eyes lit up as he locked eyes with her. He replied to Cheng LiQi, "It means...your dad wants to marry your mom."

Dad wants to marry Mom? Does that mean Dad wants to be the bride?

Cheng LiQi was excited and curious. "Dad, will you wear a wedding dress?!"